United States Lobster Exports and Imports
Reported lobster trade for United States through Jul 2026, not live or executable quotes.
Exports · last 12 months
$70.3M
+33.4%vs. previous 12 months
Imports · last 12 months
$613M
-9.4%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.
United States Lobster Trading Partners
Partner values describe lobster shipments reported by United States for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.
Lobster Export Destinations
Canada leads this ranking at $25.9M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $25.9M 38% share | |
HKG | $7.8M 12% share |
Australia | $5.3M 7.8% share |
S19 | $3.2M 4.7% share |
| $2.9M 4.3% share | |
China | $2.6M 3.9% share |
Spain | $2.6M 3.9% share |
Thailand | $2.2M 3.3% share |
SGP | $1.9M 2.9% share |
| $1.7M 2.5% share | |
Italy | $1.5M 2.2% share |
QAT | $1.4M 2.1% share |
ARE | $1.4M 2.1% share |
ABW | $1.3M 1.9% share |
SXM | $1M 1.5% share |
South Korea | $928K 1.4% share |
Mexico | $724K 1.1% share |
GRC | $600K 0.9% share |
Japan | $434K 0.6% share |
CUW | $396K 0.6% share |
BMU | $381K 0.6% share |
Germany | $363K 0.5% share |
URY | $305K 0.5% share |
Vietnam | $258K 0.4% share |
United Kingdom | $253K 0.4% share |
Lobster Imports by Country
Canada leads this ranking at $610M.
| Partner | Reported value |
|---|---|
| $610M 100% share | |
Indonesia | $1.3M 0.2% share |
ARE | $902K 0.1% share |
TCA | $390K 0.1% share |
BHS | $143K 0.0% share |
Vietnam | $64.5K 0.0% share |
Australia | $48.1K 0.0% share |
Monthly Trade Values
Recent United States lobster filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.
| Month | Exports | Imports |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2026 | $6.7M | $82.4M |
| Jun 2026 | $4M | $141M |
| May 2026 | $2.5M | $70.5M |
| Apr 2026 | $4.3M | $3.5M |
| Mar 2026 | $4M | $10.5M |
| Feb 2026 | $4.4M | $8.4M |
| Jan 2026 | $5.3M | $19.5M |
| Dec 2025 | $7.5M | $42.2M |
| Nov 2025 | $8.1M | $46.8M |
| Oct 2025 | $5.9M | $57.1M |
| Sep 2025 | $10.4M | $68.1M |
| Aug 2025 | $7.2M | $63.1M |
United States Lobster Trade Questions
- Where does United States export lobster?
- Canada is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $25.9M of lobster exports from United States.
- Where does United States import lobster from?
- Canada is the leading origin in the reported partner table, with $610M of lobster imports into United States.
See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.